JFK Airport Photo Gallery

A Beautiful Airport Terminal

Delays at JFK Airport?

••• The photo is of travelers stuck at JFK Airport during the travel meltdown in 2010 when ash from a volcano in Iceland caused cancellations of thousands of flights to Europe. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Beatles at JFK Airport

••• The Beatles -- Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon -- at a press conference held at JFK Airport, on February 7, 1964. The British band had just touched down in the U.S. to start a 10-day tour. Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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Concorde's Last Flight From New York

••• The Concorde airplane makes its last-ever flight from JFK Airport. The date of the last Concorde flight from New York City was October 24, 2003. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

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AirTrain at JFK

••• The AirTrain connects JFK Airport to Jamaica and Howard Beach, Queens, and moves passengers -- for free -- between terminals and to rental cars. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Planes and AirTrain at JFK Airport

••• The train to the plane: the AirTrain at JFK's tarmac. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images

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Terminal 4 - JFK Airport

••• Terminal 4 is the main international arrivals terminal at JFK Airport. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images

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Airplane on Overpass - JFK Airport

JFK Airport Security

••• Security at JFK Airport -- like all U.S. airports -- is much tighter in the post-9/11 era. The airport has been the scene multiple times of arrests of terrorist suspects. In this photo, NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg pats the head of a security dog. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images

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Cabbies playing cricket at JFK Airport

••• While waiting for dispatch to pick-up passengers, cabbies pass the time playing cricket at the taxi holding area at JFK Airport. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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TWA Terminal

TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport in 1965

••• Dig the 1960s wave of the future in the arrivals/departures board, near the entrance of the TWA terminal at JFK Airport, designed by Eero Saarinen. Photo by Sheldon Klareich/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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JFK Airport Terminal 1

••• Terminal 1 at JFK Airport handles many international flights and international airlines like Alitalia, Air France, Air China, and Lufthansa. Photo (c) Doug Letterman